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Case Report | Post-myocardial infarction free-wall rupture: rapid diagnosis and management

2 Aug, 2023 | 13:52h | UTC

Post-Myocardial Infarction Free-Wall Rupture: Rapid Diagnosis and Management – JACC: Case Reports

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


Study | Left ventricular dysfunction in brain-dead heart donors – incidence, reversibility, and implications

31 Jul, 2023 | 14:09h | UTC

Left Ventricular Dysfunction Associated With Brain Death: Results From the Donor Heart Study – Circulation (free for a limited period)

 


Pooled Analysis | Post-CABG graft failure found in 33.7% of patients, strongly linked to cardiac events

20 Jul, 2023 | 11:03h | UTC

Graft Failure After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Its Association With Patient Characteristics and Clinical Events: A Pooled Individual Patient Data Analysis of Clinical Trials With Imaging Follow-Up – Circulation (free for a limited period)

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


AHA Statement | Indications, evaluation, and outcomes for dual heart-kidney and heart-liver transplantation

14 Jul, 2023 | 12:51h | UTC

Dual-Organ Transplantation: Indications, Evaluation, and Outcomes for Heart-Kidney and Heart-Liver Transplantation: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation

 


Consensus Paper | Adult cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury

7 Jul, 2023 | 16:18h | UTC

Adult Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: Joint Consensus Report – Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

 


AHA Scientific Statement | Considerations on the management of acute postoperative ischemia after cardiac surgery

29 Jun, 2023 | 14:07h | UTC

Considerations on the Management of Acute Postoperative Ischemia After Cardiac Surgery: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation

 


Editorial | How to become a good surgeon

22 Jun, 2023 | 15:12h | UTC

How to become a good surgeon – Advances in Ophthalmology Practice and Research

 


RCT | No superior recovery with minithoracotomy over sternotomy in mitral valve repair

20 Jun, 2023 | 12:51h | UTC

Minithoracotomy vs Conventional Sternotomy for Mitral Valve Repair: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

See also: Visual Abstract

Commentary: Mitral valve repair: How a minimally invasive approach compares to conventional surgery – Cardiovascular Business

 


M-A | Similar death rates in left main disease patients treated with PCI or CABG, both in patients with and without ACS

15 Jun, 2023 | 14:59h | UTC

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention vs Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery for Left Main Disease in Patients With and Without Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Pooled Analysis of 4 Randomized Clinical Trials – JAMA Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: CABG and PCI Comparable in ACS Patients With Left Main CAD – TCTMD

 


RCT | Noninferior survival rates with hearts donated after circulatory death versus brain death

12 Jun, 2023 | 13:57h | UTC

Transplantation Outcomes with Donor Hearts after Circulatory Death – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Video summary: Outcomes with Donor Hearts after Circulatory Death | NEJM

News Release: Multicenter Trial Finds Using Circulatory Death Donors is Safe and Effective for Heart Transplantation – Northwestern Medicine

Commentary: Transplantation Outcomes With Donor Hearts After Circulatory Death – American College of Cardiology

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


M-A | Accuracy of diagnostic tests in cardiac injury after blunt chest trauma

6 Jun, 2023 | 14:15h | UTC

Accuracy of diagnostic tests in cardiac injury after blunt chest trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis – World Journal of Emergency Surgery

 


Quality-improvement intervention | Impact of stopping preoperative screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria

2 Jun, 2023 | 12:29h | UTC

If you don’t test, they will not treat: Impact of stopping preoperative screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria – Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

Commentary: Hospital intervention reduces unnecessary screening, antibiotics for bacteriuria – CIDRAP

 


RCT | High-dose statin loading prior to CABG shows no benefit in major cardiac and cerebrovascular events

11 May, 2023 | 12:10h | UTC

Statin loading before coronary artery bypass grafting: a randomized trial – European Heart Journal (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Statin Loading No Help Before Bypass Surgery: StaRT-CABG – TCTMD

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


M-A | Posterior pericardiotomy reduces the risk of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery

22 Mar, 2023 | 13:18h | UTC

Posterior pericardiotomy for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 25 randomised controlled trials – EuroIntervention (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Related:

Effect of posterior pericardiotomy in cardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials – Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

The Role of the Posterior Left Pericardiotomy in Reducing Pericardial Effusion and Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery – American College of Cardiology

Posterior left pericardiotomy for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: an adaptive, single-centre, single-blind, randomised, controlled trial – The Lancet

 


Consensus Paper | Pain management and opioid stewardship in adult cardiac surgery

8 Mar, 2023 | 14:22h | UTC

Pain management and opioid stewardship in adult cardiac surgery: Joint consensus report of the PeriOperative Quality Initiative and the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cardiac Society – The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

 


M-A | Effect of posterior pericardiotomy in cardiac surgery

28 Feb, 2023 | 13:34h | UTC

Effect of posterior pericardiotomy in cardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials – Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

 


Guideline Synopsis | Management of thoracic aortic dissection

21 Feb, 2023 | 11:48h | UTC

Management of Thoracic Aortic Dissection – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Original Guidelines:

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American Association for Thoracic Surgery Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Type B Aortic Dissection – Annals of Thoracic Surgery

2021 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery expert consensus document: Surgical treatment of acute type A aortic dissection ($)

 


Review | Postoperative atrial fibrillation: from mechanisms to treatment

15 Feb, 2023 | 15:54h | UTC

Postoperative atrial fibrillation: from mechanisms to treatment – European Journal of Cardiology

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


Retrospective Study | Post-cardiac surgery fungal mediastinitis: clinical features, pathogens and outcome

15 Feb, 2023 | 15:40h | UTC

Post-cardiac surgery fungal mediastinitis: clinical features, pathogens and outcome – Critical Care

 


RCT | Preliminary study on the effects of low-dose colchicine in patients undergoing non-CABG cardiac surgery

13 Feb, 2023 | 12:43h | UTC

The low-dose colchicine in patients after non-CABG cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled trial – Critical Care

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


Consensus Statement | Development of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) surgical safety checklist

10 Feb, 2023 | 14:03h | UTC

Development of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Surgical Safety Checklist Through a Modified Delphi Process – JAMA Network Open

 

Commentary from the author on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 


RCT | Nighttime dexmedetomidine for delirium prevention in non-mechanically ventilated patients after cardiac surgery

1 Feb, 2023 | 12:58h | UTC

Nighttime dexmedetomidine for delirium prevention in non-mechanically ventilated patients after cardiac surgery (MINDDS): A single-centre, parallel-arm, randomised, placebo-controlled superiority trial – eClinicalMedicine

Commentary: Short Dose of Intravenous Sedative May Help Prevent Postoperative Delirium After Heart Surgery – Massachusetts General Hospital

 


M-A | Colchicine for prevention of post-operative atrial fibrillation

27 Jan, 2023 | 12:03h | UTC

Colchicine for prevention of post-operative atrial fibrillation: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials – Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

 


M-A | Effects of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia in cardiac surgery

20 Jan, 2023 | 14:35h | UTC

Effects of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia in cardiac surgery: a systematic review and network meta-analysis – BMC Anesthesiology

 


Review | Surgical site infection prevention

18 Jan, 2023 | 14:31h | UTC

Surgical Site Infection Prevention: A Review – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Author interview: Surgical Site Infection Prevention – JAMA

Related:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017 – JAMA Surgery 

Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection – World Health Organization 

Surgical site infections: prevention and treatment – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence 

APSIC guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infections – Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

Perioperative care bundles for the prevention of surgical-site infections: meta-analysis – British Journal of Surgery

AAOS Guideline: Prevention of surgical site infections after major extremity trauma.

 


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